Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 136 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 37% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.94 on Friday, February 13th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 12, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.28% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 213,115 acre feet

This is 171.46% of the average of 124,294 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 101,607 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 111,793 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 111,508 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 287.14% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 82.38% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.37 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.76 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.30 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
6032.94
-0.01
988,417
286
325
52.7
37.8
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
6032.95
-0.01
988,516
284
324
52.3
36.7
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
6032.96
-0.02
988,616
-3935
321
56.7
34.5
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
6032.98
-0.02
988,815
264
354
58.8
30.4
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
6033.00
-0.02
989,014
295
385
60.8
29.7
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
6033.02
-0.03
989,212
243
383
60.1
30.9
Sat, Feb 07, 2026
6033.05
-0.04
989,511
191
382
57.4
34.5
Fri, Feb 06, 2026
6033.09
-0.01
989,909
341
382
55.2
29.5
Thu, Feb 05, 2026
6033.10
-0.03
990,008
241
382
55.4
29.8
Wed, Feb 04, 2026
6033.13
-0.03
990,307
245
386
53.8
27.1
Tue, Feb 03, 2026
6033.16
-0.02
990,605
293
384
51.1
24.1
Mon, Feb 02, 2026
6033.18
-0.04
990,805
192
383
52.7
30.0
Sun, Feb 01, 2026
6033.22
-0.02
991,203
295
386
53.1
29.3
Sat, Jan 31, 2026
6033.24
-0.02
991,402
296
387
47.1
26.4
Averages of List
6033.07
-0.02
989,739
-33.5
368.9
54.8
30.8

Averages for February 13th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.68
-14.74
1,207,994
581.06
812.91
49.55
24.17
All-Time
6033.68
-0.74
1,101,656
558.31
874.67
49.55
24.17

Last 10 February 13th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Feb 13, 2025
6037.31
-4.37
1,032,617
244
389
42.2
18.0
Tue, Feb 13, 2024
6042.32
-9.38
1,085,267
246
395
46.0
30.4
Mon, Feb 13, 2023
6017.51
15.43
844,163
84
340
50.4
30.4
Sun, Feb 13, 2022
6018.61
14.33
853,828
2315
2439
55.0
16.0
Sat, Feb 13, 2021
6034.98
-2.04
1,059,529
1900
1942
43.0
22.0
Thu, Feb 13, 2020
6056.22
-23.28
1,300,473
252
395
46.0
19.0
Wed, Feb 13, 2019
6014.93
18.01
865,484
162
283
45.0
15.0
Tue, Feb 13, 2018
6052.12
-19.18
1,250,673
909
1077
55.0
33.0
Mon, Feb 13, 2017
6057.62
-24.68
1,317,843
2415
957
39.0
33.0
Sat, Feb 13, 2016
6063.62
-30.68
1,394,528
423
469
64.0
26.0
Averages of List
6039.54
-6.60
1,100,637
678
535
48.4
25.2


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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